Ticket-holder.



UNITED STATES PATENT Fit].

CHARLES 'I. RASGHIOK, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONALCHECKING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed February 15, 1909. Serial No. 473,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. RAsoHIoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful Ticket-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket holders and has for itsprimary obj ect a device of its kind which can be used for cutting ortearing tickets and causing them to indicate by the cut or tear theamount in dollars and cents of a purchase. This device in addition toproviding means for apportioning a ticket by cutting or tearing alsoholds check blanks in readiness for use, which have a novel arrangementof digits printed thereon.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure lis a front View of a pad of debit checks showing my improved slip clipin place thereon and my novel arrangement of printing on said checks,Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is aperspective view of my improved holder without the pad of checks, Fig. 4is a front view of a pad of debit checks showing the holder in placethereon, the checks and clip being of alternate form, Fig. 5 is aperspective view of a number of parts of checks illustrating the mannerin which the checks are adapted to be cut or torn in the preferredconstruction, and Fig. 6 is another perspective view of a number ofparts of checks illustrating the manner in which the checks are cut ortorn in the alternate construction of my invention.

In the drawings A represents a pad of debit checks such as are used inrestaurants for indicating the cost of a meal and with which my improvedholder is adapted to be used. The checks of the pad are all similar inform each check being printed with a similar set of figures upon itsface of the following description. Between the side edges of the ticketis a Vertical column B of prime figures representing cents beginningnear the foot with O and increasing at intervals of 5 up to 100 near thehead of the ticket. On the right hand side of each number of the columnis a group of digits indicating dollars from 0 to 2 all of the groupsbeing similar, and on the left hand side of each number of the column isa group of digits running from O to and including a and indicating centsbetween the primary figures of the column B. Each figure of the columnand its accompanying groups of digits are arranged in a horizontal line.Thus the ticket is made up of a column of lines of digits each linebeing composed of digits indicating dollars from O to 2 in regular orderand cents from O to t which are common to all of the lines, and a digitbelonging to a table of five in a column. The digits of the verticalcolumn or table B are accentuated in size over the remaining digits onthe ticket for convenience in picking out any combination of figures onthe ticket as desired. The tickets are bound together at one end of thepad by means of a fastening 2 upon a stiff back 3.

C represents my improved slip clip which is particularly adapted for usewith the ticket above described. This clip is provided with a rigid back4 stamped or otherwise Cut out of thin sheet metal and formed with ahandle 5 at one end. The end of this handle is curved back at 6 andperforated at 7 and 8 for attaching the back to a chain 9 or othersuspending means as desired enabling the clip to be attached to the beltof the user. The rigid back carries a pressure blade 10 having a frontstraight tearing or cutting edge 11 for tearing or cutting the checksoff of the pad and a rearwardly inclined, guard 12. Each end of thepressure blade is bent up to form supports 13 through which a springwire 1 L forming a shaft passes freely. This shaft which is that portionof the wire substantially midway between its ends acts as a support onwhich the pressure blade is free to turn. The portions constituting theends of the wire extending from each end of the shaft are bent back andcurved into spring loops 15. The ends of the wire are rigidly secured tothe back by means of clips 16 and the loops are fastened loosely to theback by eyes 17 which are formed on the side edges as an integral partof the back. The arms 18 and 1.9 of the wire at each side edge of theback are crossed as shown and with the loops form longitudinal guidesfor the side edges of the nad of checks.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the single piece of wire producesa spring at each side edge of the back the tendency of which is to pressthe pressure blade toward the back. The check pad is adapted to be heldbetween the back and pressure blade and between the spring at each sideof the back in which position it can be moved forward and backward andthe pressure blade adjusted to the figures printed upon the upper checkof the pad. hen the pad is moved forward the guard 12 turns the stubs ofthe checks back and out of the way. The pressure between the pressureblade and back is suflicient to cause engagement between the slip clipand pad so that the latter can be carried by the slip clip and the bladeeasily adjusted to the debit amounts on the checks. The blade is usedfor tearing the checks below a line of digits, and for the purpose oftearing the checks both above and below a line is provided an auxiliarypair of tearing blades D and E, the blade D being adapted for tearingotl' portions of the check having digits which indicate cents and theblade E portions of the check which indicate dollars. The blades D and Eare substantially similar in construction the one being provided with anextension toward the left and the other with an extension 21 to- 'ardthe right. Each auxiliary blade has a horizontal. cutting edge 22, anoblique cutting edge 23 and a rearwardly extending support 2 1, thelatter being freely mounted to slide laterally upon the shaft 14-. Thesupport 24- of each auxiliary clip is formed with a forwardly andupwardly inclined thumb piece 25 by which the auxiliary blade can bepressed down firmly with its cutting edge adjusted over the check tocause the check to tear on an irregular line and to segregate a portionof the column B and of the dollar and cents digits below the remain ingportion on the free end of the ticket. As the clip is adjusted to thechecks in Fig. 1 the amount which is indicated upon the check when tornby the cutting blades as set would be $1.43 the smallest amountremaining in the dollar and. cents groups of digits indicating to thepurchaser the amount of the bill to be paid. The portions 22 of thecutting edges on the auxiliary blades D and E may be vertical or nearlyvertical as desired.

In Fig. 5 the manner in which the checks are adapted to be torn isillustrated, the upper check 26 being torn on a straight line andindicating the auxiliary cutters not being used to accomplish thisresult. The ticket 27 is shown to indicate $2.90 the main cutting blade10 and the right hand cutting blade E being employed for making thistear. The ticket 28 is shown to represent $2.93 both the main andauxiliary blades being employed for making this tear.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. i the tickets of the stub areprinted without any dollar marks and the auxiliary cutting blade E isnot employed on the holder. The printing on the face of the ticketsshown runs from five cents to seventy five cents the portion of thechecks above the digits when segregated being employed to indicate thelatter amount. In Fig. 6 the manner in which the main cutting blade 10and auxiliary cutting blade D are used is illustrated.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principle ofoperation of my invention together with apparatus which I now considerto represent the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have itunderstood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that theinvention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses otherthan those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

aving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protectby Let ters Patent is:

1. A device of the class set forth, comprising, a back formed by a.plate having a handle and a clip and eye near each of its side edges, amain tearing blade across said back having a guard for turning the checkstubs back and a pair of side supports, spring wire passing freelvthrough the supports on said tearing blade the ends of which are coiledfreely through said eyes and secured to said clips and an auxiliarytearing blade slidably mounted and journaled upon the portion of thewire between said supports, said auxiliary tearing blade having a thumbpiece by which it can be pressed down or moved longitudinally upon saidwire to adjust its tearing edge to a check, for the purposes specified.

2. A holder adapted for use with a pad of checks, comprising, a rigidback, having a handle at one end and means of attachment on each of itsside edges,a spring mounted upon said back comprising a piece of wirehaving a shaft across said back and secured to said back by said meansof attachment, a main cutting blade journaled upon said shaft and anauxiliary cutting blade also journaled upon said shaft and cooperatingwith said main cutting blade to tear a check on an irregular line.

3. A device of the class set forth, comprising, a rigid back, a maintearing blade across said back, a piece of spring wire between the endsof which said tearing blade is journaled the ends of said wire beinglooped and anchored to the sides of said back to press said blade towardsaid back and a pair of auxiliary cutting blades slidably mounted andjournaled between the ends of said wire having flanges extending up bywhich said blades can be pressed down, and cooperating with said maincutting blade to tear a check on an irregular line.

4. A device for holding checks or tickets comprising, a rigid back, amain blade across said back, an auxiliary blade cooperating justed belowsaid blades, for the purposes with said main blade to tear or cut acheck specified.

on an irregular line, one of said blades hav- In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my ing a flange by which it can be tilted up, name to thisspecification, in the presence of 5 and a spring having said blagltlesjournaled two subscribing witnesses.

thereon and secured to said bac said spring tending to press said bladesand back to- CHARLES RASOHICK' getlier and causing them to hold a checkbe- Witnesses:

tween and also permitting said check to be H. L. FISCHER, 10 movedlongitudinally and its surface ad- J. G. BRADBURY.

